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Records of Oedemeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) species from Strandzha Mountain ( and )

OGNYAN SIVILOV

Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Biology, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria, [email protected]

Abstract. A list of 16 species from 5 genera of the family Oedemeridae and their localities in Strandzha Mountain was presented, five from which were reported for the first time to this mountain.

Key words: Oedemeridae, Strandzha Mountain, faunistic list.

Introduction Oedemeridae is a small family group of beetles with only 110 species and subspecies listed in Europe (Švihla 2008). The species of this region are largely known and not many new species are expected – only 4 new species are described from Europe after the World War II (Švihla 2006a, 2006b). However, the actual distribution of many species are still poorly known and needs of additions and corrections are obvious. This faunistic study is a part of a three-year field research of Strandzha Mountain on various groups of invertebrates. Strandzha Mountain (in Turkish: Yıldız/Istranca) is located in the border areas of Southeastern Bulgaria and Northwestern Turkey near the west coast of the . It is mostly covered by relatively low altitude and mostly humid deciduous forests, and some dry ericoid formations and coastal habitats near the sea. There are no any publications with exactly pointed localities of species of the family Oedemeridae regarding the area studied. Vázquez (2002) presented distribution maps of the European species showing a presence of 21 species in the Strandzha Mountain. However, they are not proved by any other faunistic data published. According to the maps of Vázquez 10 of this species do exist in Strandzha, although our study did not register them: 6 widely spread throughout the mountain (Chrysanthia viridissima (Linnaeus, 1758), C. varipes Kiesenwetter, 1861, Anogcodes rufiventris (Scopoli, 1763), A. melanurus (Fabricius, 1787), A. seladonius turcicus (W. Schmidt, 1846) and Ischnomera cinerascens reitteri Ganglbauer, 1881) and 4 only in the Turkish part of the mountain (Ischnomera haemorrhoidalis (W. Schmidt, 1846), Oedemera (s. str.) barbara (Fabricius, 1792), O. (s. str.) rufofemorata euboica Pic, 1902 and O. (s. str.) atrata W. Schmidt, 1846).

Material and Methods Several collecting methods were used: sweeping, collecting with hands and forceps, beating, light trapping and soil trapping. The material collected was preserved in the Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University. Totally, 1195 specimens were examined. Some of them were mounted on cardboard pieces and, if

Accepted: 11 July 2012 Университетско издателство “Паисий Хилендарски” Published: 29 July 2012 Plovdiv University Press “Paisii Hilendarski” 1 …32… ZooNotes 32: 1-5 (2012) necessary, for identification the genitalia were extracted. Specimens from the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) were also studied and included in the list. The following data are provided for each species: literature source (if available); collecting period; specimens collected; collecting method. Detailed information for the localities is given in Table 1 (with coordinates, if available). The numbers in column 1 correspond the numbers of the species from the list. The systematic is combined after Vázquez (2002) and Švihla (2008).

Results Sixteen species from five genera of the family Oedemeridae with their localities in Strandzha Mountain were recorded. Five of these species were reported for the first time to the mountain.

1. Sparedrus testaceus (Andersch, 1797) 10-11.VI; 2 specimens; light. 2. Nacerdes (Nacerdes) melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fig. 1) 30-31.V; 10 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps in rotten wood on the beach. 3. Anogcodes ustulatus (Scopoli, 1763) 29.V-13.VI; 4 specimens; sweeping, in rotten wood of Populus sp. with hands & forceps. 4. Anogcodes ruficollis (Fabricius, 1781) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 22.V-13.VI; 33 specimens; sweeping. 5. Ischnomera sanguinicollis (Fabricius, 1787) 17.IV; 6 specimens; beating. 6. Ischnomera cyanea (Fabricius, 1792) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 17.IV-31.V; 27 specimens; beating, sweeping. 7. Ischnomera caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 17.IV-31.V; 8 specimens; beating. 8. Oedemera (Oncomera) flavicans (Fairmaire, 1860) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 03.VII-14.VIII; 2 specimens; light. 9. Oedemera (Oedemera) croceicollis Gyllenhall, 1827 Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 23.V-26.VI; 24 specimens; sweeping. 10. Oedemera (Oedemera) flavipes (Fabricius, 1792) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 23.V-27.VI; 95 specimens; sweeping. 11. Oedemera (Oedemera) podagrariae podagrariae (Linnaeus, 1767) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 22.V-29.VI; 111 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps, beating. 12. Oedemera (Oedemera) penicillata W. Schmidt, 1846 Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 31.V-26.VI; 14 specimens; sweeping. 13. Oedemera (Oedemera) lurida lurida (Marsham, 1802) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 05.V-24.VI; 532 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps, beating, soil traps. 14. Oedemera (Oedemera) crassipes Ganglbauer, 1881 Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 07.V-13.VI; 43 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps. 15. Oedemera (Oedemera) pthysica (Scopoli, 1763) (Fig. 2) 05.V-03.VII; 165 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps, beating. 2

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16. Oedemera (Oedemera) femorata (Scopoli, 1763) Strandzha Mts. (Vázquez, 2002). New data: 23.V-04.VII; 119 specimens; sweeping, hands & forceps.

Table 1. Species and their localities (BG = Bulgaria; TR = Turkey). Number of species from Altitude Locality GPS coordinates the list (m) 13 BG, Ahtopol - - N42°06'07.72" 14 BG, Ahtopol 15 E27°56'45.85" 10, 13 BG, vill. - - N42°11'37.25" 5, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16 BG, Bliznak vill., Bataka place 325 E27°19'35.82" N42°04'21.39" 15 BG, vill. 290 E27°24'43.83" N42°01'23.00" 13, 15 BG, Brashlyan vill., Vitanovo reserve 285 E27°27'23.00" 11, 14 BG, vill. - - N42°05'22.53" 16 BG, Brodilovo vill., hunting shelter 15 E27°50'13.48" N42°06'23.68" 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 BG, Brodilovo vill., Papiya peak 335 E27°50'36.13" N42°13'03.35" 11, 13, 15, 16 BG, Golyamo Bukovo vill. 305 E27°08'56.30" N42°07'03.76" 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16 BG, Izgrev vill., Marina reka place 250 E27°45'56.89" N42°08'11.18" 13 BG, Kalovo vill. 330 E27°32'11.48" N42°07'24.36" 13 BG, Kalovo vill. 260 E27°31'39.65" N42°14'59.00" 4, 12, 13, 16 BG, Kiten 5 E27°45'05.00" N42°05'39.57" 13, 16 BG, vill. 310 E27°41'22.31" N42°05'58.44" 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 BG, Kondolovo vill., Byalata prast place 330 E27°40'02.95" 7, 11 BG, Kosti vill. - - BG, Kosti vill., Sveti Iliya place near N42°03'32.35" 4, 6, 11, 13, 16 40 river E27°45'47.00" 13 BG, 640 - N41°59'21.41" 13, 16 BG, Malko Tarnovo 320 E27°31'28.80" N41°59'56.14" 15 BG, Malko Tarnovo 380 E27°34'28.33" N41°58'49.59" 1, 13, 15, 16 BG, Malko Tarnovo, Propada place 400 E27°29'25.75" N41°59'11.00" 13, 15 BG, Malko Tarnovo, road to Propada place 360 E27°30'25.00" 13 BG, Maslen nos cape - - N42°09'05.23" 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 BG, Mladezhko vill., near Mladezhka river 225 E27°21'47.86" N42°00'24.02" 13, 14, 15 BG, near the road to vill. 290 E27°30'14.14" BG, near on the road to Brodilovo N42°09'02.00" 6, 13 60 vill. E27°51'20.00" 11, 12 BG, Papiya peak near Brodilovo vill. - - 6, 16 BG, - - N42°18'39.95" 10, 13, 16 BG, Primorsko, Beglik Tash place 135 E27°45'58.64" N42°19'52.16" 10, 16 BG, Primorsko, dunes near Arkutino lake 5 E27°43'54.71" N42°15'32.00" 9, 13 BG, Primorsko, Dyavolska reka river 5 E27°43'52.00" N42°18'27.00" 11, 13, 16 BG, Primorsko, Maslen nos cape 10 E27°47'26.00" 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, N42°17'10.16" BG, Primorsko, Perla place 2 13, 16 E27°45'13.59" 10, 11, 13, 16 BG, vill. - -

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N41°58'54.44" 4, 10, 13, 14 BG, Rezovo vill., near the Turkish border 5 E28°01'29.64" 6 BG, Rosen vill. near Sozopol - - N42°03'11.20" 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 BG, vill., Butamyata place 15 E27°59'15.21" N42°02'55.12" 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 15 BG, Sinemorets vill., Lipite place 15 E27°59'25.51" N42°01'28.39" 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 BG, Sinemorets vill., Silistar place 15 E28°00'24.79" N42°03'48.14" 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16 BG, Sinemorets vill., Veleka estuary 5 E27°58'10.27" N41°58'11.89" 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 BG, vill. 330 E27°39'31.10" N41°57'37.76" 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 BG, Slivarovo vill., near Rezovska river 225 E27°39'34.82" N42°01'51.12" 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 BG, Stoilovo vill., Sredoka reserve 215 E27°30'50.13" 11, 13 BG, Tsarevo - - N42°13'26.13" 13, 14, 15, 16 BG, Varovnik vill., Fakiyska river 120 E27°11'34.43" N42°06'49.10" 8, 11, 13 BG, Varvara vill. 50 E27°53'18.89" BG, vill., Kovach place near Veleka N42°04'55.00" 1, 12, 13 185 river E27°25'54.00" N42°03'41.90" 11, 13, 14, 15 BG, Zvezdets vill., place 195 E27°31'58.89" N41°53'44.00" 11, 13, 14, 15 TR, Avcılar vill. 185 E27°51'55.00" N41°45'52.00" 6, 10, 13 TR, between Beypınar vill. and Hacıfakılı 445 E27°28'14.00" N41°22'49.26" 9, 13, 14 TR, Celepköy, Duru Göl 5 E28°30'47.70" N41°47'43.00" 13, 15 TR, Demirköy, Kadınkule 655 E27°44'13.00" N41°49'10.00" 13, 16 TR, İğneada, Hamam Gölü 15 E27°57'48.00" N41°51'27.42" 9 TR, İğneada, Mert Gölü 5 E27°57'32.18" N41°39'43.00" 10, 11, 13, 15 TR, Kışlacık vill. 200 E27°55'26.00" N41°39'25.00" 10, 13 TR, Kıyıköy vill. 25 E28°05'08.00" N41°37'42.00" 4, 13 TR, Kıyıköy vill. 60 E28°04'04.00" N41°43'50.50" 13, 15 TR, Kızılağaç vill. 415 E27°50'07.02" N41°41'02.01" 10, 13, 15 TR, Kızılağaç vill. 140 E27°52'51.45" N41°50'27.12" 13, 15, 16 TR, Sardere, Dupnisa cave 350 E27°33'25.70" N41°50'01.70" 13, 15 TR, Sardere, Southern of Dupnisa cave 425 E27°33'24.60" N41°52'20.00" 11, 15 TR, Sarpdere vill. 340 E27°37'06.00" N41°44'37.00" 13 TR, Sergen vill. 835 E27°42'24.85" N41°44'48.00" 11, 13 TR, Sivriler vill. 430 E27°50'38.00" N41°35'06.13" 13, 14 TR, Vize 360 E27°47'41.51" N41°29'27.67" 10, 13 TR, Yalıköy vill. 10 E28°16'39.99"

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Fig. 1. Nacerdes melanura, Veleka estuary, 30.05.2010.

Fig. 2. Oedemera pthysica, Bataka place, 09.06.2009.

Acknowledgements The author thanks to all the people involved in collecting the material: A. Gjonova, I. Gjonov, R. Bekchiev, R. Kostova; and also Dr. B. Gueorguiev for providing material from the collection of NMNHS. This study was funded partially by project DO 02-159/16.12.08 (Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science).

References Švihla, V. (2006a) Revision of Chitona species (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from eastern Mediterranean. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 46: 107-121. Švihla, V. (2006b) New species of the genus Sparedrus (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Bulgaria. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 46: 123-125. Švihla, V. (2008) Family Oedemeridae. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5. Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, pp. 353-369. Vázquez, X. А. (2002) European Fauna of Oedemeridae. Argania editio, Barcelona, 176 pp.

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